page_title: Mark 14 torpedo
section_title: Resolution
hierarchical_section_title: Mark 14 torpedo / Resolution
caption_attribution_description: Half of the after torpedo room of the USS Pampanito (SS-383), berthed at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. Enlisted bunks are located above two stored Mark XIV torpedoes. One of the stern torpedo tubes can be seen through the glass in the background.
context_page_description: The Mark 14 torpedo was the United States Navy's standard submarine-launched anti-ship torpedo of World War II. This weapon was plagued with many problems which crippled its performance early in the war. It was supplemented by the Mark 18 electric torpedo in the last two years of the war. Nonetheless, the Mark 14 played a major role in the devastating blow U.S. Navy submarines dealt to the Japanese naval and merchant marine forces during the Pacific War.
  By the end of World War II, the Mark 14 torpedo was a reliable weapon ultimately remaining in service for almost 40 years in the U.S. Navy, and even longer with other navies.
context_section_description: Once remedied, sinkings of enemy ships rose noticeably. By the end of World War II the Mark 14 torpedo had become a much more reliable weapon. Lessons learned allowed surface ships such as destroyers to remedy the failings of the Mark 15; the two designs shared the same strengths and faults.
  After the war, the best features of the improved Mark 14 were merged with the best features of captured German torpedoes to create the hydrogen peroxide–fueled Mark 16 with a pattern-running option. The Mark 16 became the standard United States post-war anti-shipping torpedo, despite the large remaining inventory of Mark 14 torpedoes.
caption: Two Mark 14 torpedoes stored in the after torpedo room of the museum ship USS Pampanito
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